Overview
- Tropical Storm Andrea became the Atlantic season’s first named storm on June 24 with maximum sustained winds near 40 mph and heading northeast over open waters.
- The National Hurricane Center expects Andrea to weaken by Tuesday night and dissipate by Wednesday night as it moves into cooler waters.
- NOAA’s seasonal outlook calls for an above-normal 2025 Atlantic hurricane season with 13 to 19 named storms, including 6 to 10 hurricanes and 3 to 5 major hurricanes.
- The Eastern Pacific season, which began May 15, has already produced five named storms, highlighted by Category 3 Hurricane Erick’s landfall in Oaxaca on June 22.
- A broad area of low pressure offshore Central America has a 70% chance of developing into a tropical depression or storm within the next seven days.